I welcome email messages around the clock.  There is a very good chance that if I receive one during my waking hours, that it will be answered so very quickly that it may be alarming.  However, I have several accounts, and many of those will not be answered ever so quickly.  If you want me to perform magic with a response, please just use my yahoo account, phealy_kcs@yahoo.com   Although KMail through k12 is clever and convenient, it will not work for me.  Mahalo for your understanding.

For 7/8 graders, k12 features paragraph writing in Unit 1.  If you have finished your Unit 8 Book Review and are ready to keep going in COMPOSITION, please check out this site while you are working on Unit 1, Paragraphs.  You may also want to check it out for grammar, writing, and math games.  We will be focusing on writing paragraphs in class shortly.  Click here.  BBC site  You can also click on "links" for more at this site.

For 5/6 graders, you can find many helpful hints on this site for GUM, Spelling, Vocabulary, and Composition. It also can be used as a great resource tool for parents (Tutors).

On Wednesday, September 8, our classes begin at St. Theresa's Church classrooms.  Our face to face class time is a requirement of the KCS virtual/hybrid program. 

There are important papers that parents must sign on the first day of class.  Please accompany your child onto the premises.  Your child may proceed to class while you fill out the paperwork.

See schedules below:

MW:  5/6 AM Schedule

Class begins at 9 am with earliest drop off at 8:45 am.  Please be prompt in picking up your child at 11:30 am.  Teachers need to prepare for pm classess.  Please no loitering.  We appreciate that you respect this request.

MW:  7/8 PM Schedule

Class begins at 12:15 pm with earliest drop off at 12 noon.  Please be prompt in picking up your child at 2:45 pm.

Fridays:  7/8 ONLY from 9 am - 1:30 pm, at the Lipoa site - Bring lunch.

If there is an emergency and you have to get in touch with your child during class time, please call 268-6575.

If you are a 7/8 grader and plan to leave the premises on your own after class, you must have written permission.  See blog post 8/29, Permission Slip Waiver.

If you would like to make an appointment on Tuesdays, during my office hours, from 10 am-2 pm, please contact me by email or by calling 269-9685.

Friday, September 3, from 9 am-11 am

Please join all K-8 Virtual/Hybrid faculty, along with returning & new students for a morning at Kamaole Beach Park III in Kihei.  There will be snacks and fun & games for all.  It will be a wonderful opportunity for you to meet others, make connections, and enjoy learning more about Kihei Charter's K-8 Virtual/Hybrid Academy from your child's teachers.

No need to RSVP, simply come and relax.

Aloha & Mahalo

Since most all families now have their curriculum materials with plenty of daily work to do, I would like to relieve you by modifiying History Assignment #1, posted on 8/10, Native American Poems and Short Stories.  On 9/8, as per assignment, please bring in what you have completed.  Full credit will be given.  

If you have just recently enrolled and are now just beginning your k12 work, please go to the post on History Assignment #1, 8/10 and follow the directions regarding the questions.  However, instead of all the readings, there will be only five required readings.  These and other readings will be used for discussion.

The readings are: 

SUGAR BUSH

ARE YOU AN INDIAN?

A GRANDFATHER'S STORY

RITE OF PASSAGE

MY CHEROKEE ROSETTA STONE